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Old 01/11/2008, 11:30 AM
Ismellikefish Ismellikefish is offline
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to add or not to add 1 MH

Currently I have 4x 54w t-5's as my lighting choice. Tank is getting close to a year old! I basicly have some softies, LPS and some anem's. To list a few:

Ricordias
Few diffrent kinds of mushrooms
Button polups
Candy cane
Trumpet
leathers
Frog spawns
Hammerheads
Bubble coral
GSP

Anem's:
Condy
BTA ( just showed up one day! )
3 rose anem's ( just split last week! )

Everything seems to be doing very well and growing/spliting. I have been happy with the t-5's so far, little heat and good light output. But now I am wanting to add a couple of sps and I know I will need better light. I am wanting to get a Monte and maybe an acropora and or a birdnest.

Will 1x 175w MH be enough with my t-5's?
I was also thinking of overdriving my t-5's, would that be needed as well?

Thanks in advance everyone!
~iBsmelly
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Old 01/11/2008, 12:10 PM
grigsy grigsy is offline
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One metal halide 175 watt should work well provided you keep the SPS under it. I would suggest the XM 10K which is a good bulb with good PAR ratings. Or, you could use the Iwasaki 14K which is more white than blue and would work well also.
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Old 01/11/2008, 02:17 PM
Ismellikefish Ismellikefish is offline
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Kewl, thx Grig
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Old 01/11/2008, 02:22 PM
5speedT 5speedT is offline
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what size tank do you have?
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:01 PM
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